King's Roll Register

Scope and Content

Arranged by workshop and indexed by employee name. Information is recorded under: Card no. name, address, married / single, age, percentage disabled, disability, commenced training, ceased training. The King's National Roll Scheme (KNRS) was an employment programme established for disabled ex-servicemen of the First World War. Erskine began to train men under the scheme in 1925, prior to this men sent by the government came through the Ministry of Pensions Industrial Training Scheme.